Despite today’s tough economic climate, there has never been a better time for UK golfers to holiday abroad - in fact there are 250,000 reasons to do so. That is the message from Europe’s fastest-growing golf travel company, Your Golf Travel.com, which expects to have offered its customers more than a quarter of a million free rounds of golf by the end of the year.

Highlighting a combination of factors, including gratis golf, the London-based organisation claims that the current golf break offering in Europe, and further afield, is providing golfers with the perfect antidote to today’s financial pressures.

In particular, as competition increases, European resorts have reduced prices by an average of 30 per cent in order to attract market share and a proliferation of ‘free golf’ promotions are enticing many stay-at-home golfers to dig out their passports.

In addition, low-cost airline networks are facilitating convenient direct travel from regional airports and the choice of sunshine destinations continues to widen. Further incentives include free golf-club carriage this winter through Your Golf Travel.com’s partnership with Aer Lingus.

Emphasising the value on offer, Your Golf Travel.com is enabling its customers to enjoy the finest golf holidays at a fraction of the cost and, via privileged relationships with the major resorts, expects to offers its customers more than 250,000 free rounds of golf in 2009.

Your Golf Travel.com’s managing director, Andrew Harding, said: “There has never been a better time to go on a golf holiday and this coming winter season is set to be our busiest yet.

“We are on track to more than double turnover on overseas golf travel for 2009 and, in terms of carryings, this represents an increase of about 200 per cent.”